Doing searches on Google returns normal looking results. But lately, when I start clicking on the results, I seem to get redirected to other, improper & irrelavent sites. If I copy the URL from the google results page & paste it into the address window, then I go to the proper site. I've tried to navigate to the same search result URL both ways & definitely end up at 2 different web pages. Any ideas on how this is happening & more importantly, how to fix it? Note that I also use Netscape & everything works fine there, so the problem is isolated to IE. I'm using IE 6 with all the latest patches. If your response is going to be 'upgrade to IE 7', don't even bother. I'm looking for a better answer than that. Thanks.

Why not upgrade to IE7? Run it for a few days & you'll wish you'd have done it weeks ago. Other than that, it appears your browser's been hijacked. Run a full virus & spyware scan. Run a trojan remover. Run MSCONFIG, check for unusual or unexplainable startup entries & disable them. Run hijackthis & remove suspicious entries. Try an online scanner such as Housecall. Rethink your protection & browsing habits.

It sure does sound like your Google searches are getting redirected! When you are on another page such as AT&T homepage and click on a link, does the same thing happen or are you going to the correct places?

Thank you Jam & AKBessy. The "Hijacking" does not occur on any other web pages except google, at least that is the only place I've noticed it. I run NAV 2007 & get daily updates. Prior to that I was using NAV 2006. I didn't see anything too suspicious in MSConfig, but did turn off a few recognized but unneeded items. I'll try some of the other suggestions soon. Someone at work mentioned about unsolicited browser "add in's". Anyone know anything about diagnosing and/or disabling them? BTW I already use IE 7 at work, so I know "what I'm missing". For now I prefer to stick with IE 6. If I can't resolve this problem, I may have to switch for that reason.

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